Washing-machine.



' L. YOUNG.

WASHING MACHINE.

APPLIGATION FILED SEPT. 26. 1912.

Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

R m @H M 1 N a 1 L WITNES 8' ATTORNEYS THE NORRIS PETERS CO, PHOm-LITHO, WASHINGTON. 134 C.

nnirni) srarns PATENT oFFIcE.

LEEYOUNG, or NEW YORK, N. Y.

WASEING-MAGHINE Application filed September 26, 1912. Seria1No.722,436. 1

after described and claimed and illustrated in the drawings accompanying this specification in which like characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views, and in which i Figure l is a longitudinal section of the washing machine; Fig. 2 is a transverse section; and Fig. 3 is a detail of one ofthe shaft brackets.

Referring particularly to the drawings I show at 10 a tub of any suitable size or form which is adapted to be supplied with suds or other washing fluid and into which the base 11 of my invention is adapted to be fitted in a stationary and substantially rigid position but which may be lifted out of the tub if desired. Said base 11 comprises a pair of parallel side uprights 12 which rest at their lower edges upon the bottom of the tub substantially throughout their length and which are connected by end pieces or heads 13 and 14;. Said end pieces, however, eX- tend from the top of the base portion down toward but are spaced from the bottom of the tub at their lower edges, as shown in Fig. 1. The said side pieces 12 are cut out at 12 on arcs of circles and in such cut-out portions are secured a series of cross slats 15. The ends of the slats 15 are faced by means of rails 16. It will be apparent, therefore, that the slats 15 will be spaced so that there will be a free passage for the water therethrough, and said slats will constitute a bed for the clothes being operated upon. one end of the side pieces 12 they are provided with projections 12 which serve the two-fold purpose of insuring a space be tween the head 13 and the adjacent end of the tub for the circulation of water through the space below the lower edge of the head 13, as indicated in Fig. 1. Also, by means of said projections 12 the machines may be constructed of substantially uniform or their standard size and may be fitted into tubs of varying sizes by cutting off more or less of sand promotions according to eachin'divid ual tub.

The rubber or movable portion of the machine comprises a pair of side membersll whoselower edges are curved on the arc of a circle whose radius is longer than the iZtCllUS of'curvature of the parts 12 of the ass.

Said side members 17 are connected:

Specification of Letters Patent. t t t 29 19 4 transverselyby aseries ofslats 18 spaced 1 from eaclhotherv and the 'endsofwhich are facedby rails 19which are adapted to coopcrate directly with the rails 16 of the base. By this meansthe slats of the respective partsscannotcomelinto direct contact with each other and thereby damage delicate clothing. The clothes to be washed will, of course, be put into the cavity of the base portion upon the slats 15 and will be sub- -jected to the cleansing action of the rubber placed thereupon. 'lherubber furthermore comprises a handle which consists of uprights 20 secured to the respective side pieces 17 and the cross bar 21 connecting upper ends A shaft 22 extends through the-uprights 20. and has its ends cut so asto fit into the vertical grooves 23 of the brackets 24 secured permanently to the inner walls of the tub. The upper ends of the grooves 23 are open, whereby the rubber may be readily set in or lifted out of the base 11. By oscillating the rubber to and fro by operating the cross bar 21, swinging the rubber onjthe axis of the shaft 22, the clothes will be subjected to the rubbing action thereof, and since the rubber is free to move up and down in the grooves 23, the points'25of the rubber may be free to follow closely the curvature of the base portion during each oscillation of the rubber, whereby a superior action upon the clothes may be secured. .As shown particularly in Fig. 2, I provide on each side of the base a plurality of longitudinal rails 26 which serve to hold the bed of clothes in position v and also prevent longitudinal movement of the rubber upon the shaft 22.

It will be noted that, when the ends of the curved portion of the rubber rests upon the ends of the curved portion of the base portion, a permanent space exists between the slats 15 and 1S, and this is of vital importance when delicate fabrics are being washed, inasmuch as the said slats not being in contact at any time, said fabrics may remain in the said space during washing operation without any injury thereto, and this result is obtained by curving the periphery of the rubber on an arc of a circle having a greater radius than the radius of the are of curvature of the slats .15, or their supports, and this space remains during any relatively slight oscillations of the uprights 20, such as would be employed with delicate fabrics. It, will, be further noted that, not only doess-the abovestated feature of differences inqnaiilii pneventrcontact of the rubber slats with the lower series of slats, but this is further assured bythe vpositive vertical direetion of adjusting movement of the rubber because of its guiding brackets 24; by the greater, length" of the upper series of slats over thatof the lower series of slats;

andby reason of the fact that the upper set of rails always rests on one end or on both ends of the lower set of rails, and not only'isithis a highly important feature for the preservation of delicate fabrics by preventing direct wear thereon, but also to permitiot suflicient clearancefor buttons, hooks,

and; the like, on garments being washed, be-

tween the upper and lower series of slats to prevent their being torn out of the garments.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent is In a washing machine, the combination with a tub, of a lower series of slats held in fixed relationship with said tub, and arranged on an arc of a circle of predetermined radius, an upper series of slats arranged on an are of a circle of a radius greater than that of said lower series of slats, means for oscillating said upper series of slats over said lower series of slats, side rails on said lower series of slats, and complemental rails on said upper series of slats, said upper rails being of greater length than said lower rails and movable on one end thereof to prevent contact between said series of slats and provide a space tl-rerebetween.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of. two subscribing witnesses.

LEE YOUNG.

Y'Vitnesses:

GEO. L. BEELER, ANDREW FERRARA.

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